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Teachers' holidays
Posted Jul 1, 2003
I love them! 
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Assignments
Posted Jun 7, 2003
I hate them.
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Just when you think things are never going to get any better, they suddenly take a turn for the worse...
Posted May 29, 2003
My day has been an absolute nightmare! 
My Assistant Headteacher came out to a school to monitor my performance with a small group.
Everything went wrong. The room we normally use was not available, which sounds minor until you become aware that I was working with a group including a child with Asperger's Syndrome, a condition on the autistic spectrum. That, coupled with the fact that there was a strange adult in the room we eventually found (the library), was enough to unhinge him almost completely. 
The "good role model" had had a rotten playtime and was in a huff 
after a row from the class teacher 
, the only child in the group with a pencil had broken his arm since last week and couldn't write, the rest of the group, who are usually very animated, became almost elective mutes and wouldn't speak and after ten minutes the whole of Primary Seven trooped in unsupervised to change their library books! 
At that point, my AHT burst out laughing 
and left the room!
I should be writing my assignment, but I am drained! 
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Space
Posted Apr 9, 2003
I just updated my space and I'm quite chuffed with it.
Greig helped me a lot with it, but there's a fair bit that I have done on my own.
It's the Easter break and I have a million and one things to do: lessons to plan and prepare; an assignment to research, plan and write; a poem to write for my mum to read at her bosses retirement 'do'; the house to gut and render in a fit state to sell...
So, I'm updating my space and posting here until the wee small hours!
Procrastination is really a fine art, is it not? 
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Survey
Posted Jan 16, 2003
I've lost count of the times I've received this sort of e-mail, but I think this is the first one I've completed.
Feel free to copy and paste it and let us know all your intimate secrets!!!
1.LIVING ARRANGEMENT?
with Mr Susie (for ever), Richard (sporadically) and Greig (till the summer, probably)(fingers crossed) in a house owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland!
2. WHAT BOOK(S) ARE YOU READING NOW? educational journals and texts(assignment due soon!)
3. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? nothing, its blue. I had one that was an ad for a building company but Bev laid a hot plate on it at the party before last and mangled it!
4. FAVOURITE BOARD GAME? probably one of the PSD self esteem things I use at work
4b. FAVOURITE CARD GAME? gin rummy
5. FAVOURITE MAGAZINE? The Sunday Times Style magazine
6. FAVOURITE SMELLS? the back of the neck of a breast-fed baby
6b. LEAST FAVOURITE SMELLS? wet dog
7. FAVOURITE SOUNDS? laughter, Mozart, the outer space noises this thing makes when you're logging on!!!
8. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? knowing people you love are hurting and not being able to make it better
9. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP? What day is it?
9b. WHAT IS THE SECOND THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP?
10. FAVOURITE COLOUR? usually the brightest yellow (hence the front door) but sometimes green if I'm subdued (not often!)
11. HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE? as few as possible, I'm a natural chatterbox
12. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? there will be no future children, I've found out what causes them!!! Used names include Richard and Greig, although a daughter would have been Charlotte or wee Susie.
13. WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE? good health and good friends, anything else is a bonus.
14. FAVOURITE FOODS? anything I cook, but especially my homemade kebabs with chilli sauce, and my chilli con puerco, the hotter the better!
15. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? vanilla for three weeks, then chocolate (run for the hills!)
16. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST? I LIKE to, but obviously I never drive faster than the conditions allow as that would be reckless and not appropriate for someone who has to be a role model for younger people (did I get away with that one, Andy?)
17. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL? That is no way to talk about Mr Susie!!!
18. STORMS - COOL OR SCARY? cool
19. WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? an old Avenger, I called her Emma Peel...
20. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON DEAD OR ALIVE? Stephen King
21. FAVOURITE DRINK ? champagne
21b. WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN? Scorpio
22. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI? I try not to eat ANY bits of broccoli
23. IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT WOULD IT BE? my job, it's never boring
24. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR? why?
25. EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Yes
25b. EVER HAD YOUR HEART BROKEN? Yes
26. IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL? half full
27. DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS? where is the fun in that????
28. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED? I dread to think
29. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER? 9, or 4, or sometimes 5
30. FAVOURITE SPORT TO WATCH? behave yourself
30b. WHAT CD OR TAPE IS IN YOUR CAR STEREO RIGHT NOW? Elton John's best of, and a Robert Palmer compilation, but of course, strictly speaking, it's not my car stereo. In MY car stereo is the Oasis CD Richard was listening to when he demolished the wall...
30c. FAVOURITE TV SHOWS? Eastenders
30d. EARLIEST MEMORY? going on a train to Edinburgh Zoo
30e. COKE OR PEPSI? coke
30f. RIGHT OR LEFT HANDED? right
30g. IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE? somewhere with views over the Firth of Forth or in the Dordogne
30h. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING? my goonie (that's a nightie, for our English cousins!!! ) or my jeans
30i. FAVOURITE PHYSICAL FEATURE OF AN IDEAL ROMANTIC PARTNER? sense of humour and a finely tuned sense of the ridiculous
30j. WHAT IS THE LAST CD YOU BOUGHT? RHCP Cd for Greig for Christmas
30k. WHERE IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE? bed, must be a Scorpio thing!
30l. WHERE IS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE? a hospital bed
30m. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE TO BE MASSAGED? shoulders
30n. WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING? six
30o. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE KITCHEN APPLIANCE? my multichef chopper/blender/thingy
30p. WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY ANGRY? "professionals" who aren't
30q. IF YOU COULD PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT(S) I already play piano and violin, but have always fancied playing the harp... no idea why!
30r. WHICH DO YOU PREFER? SPORTS CAR OR SUV? what's an SUV???
30s. DO YOU BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE? yes
30t. FAVOURITE CHILDREN'S BOOK? Where the Wild Things Are or The Little Prince
30u. FAVOURITE SEASON? Autumn (birthday!!)
30v. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE? all and any
30x. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? telepathy
30y. IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT AND WHERE? nope
30z. THE ONE PERSON IN YOUR PAST YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO? Dad
30aa. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DAY? Friday
30bb. WHAT IS IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR? nothing, it's not my car, but, the last time I saw my car, one of the wheels and a bit of the drive shaft were among broken glass and stuff in the boot...
30cc. SUSHI OR HAMBURGER? hamburger
30dd. FAVOURITE MOVIE? To Kill a Mocking Bird
31. SAY ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU. He makes me laugh
32. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO THAT IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Bev
33. PERSON YOU SENT THIS TO THAT IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND. no idea
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